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Top Ed-Tech Trends of 2015: Beyond the MOOC
This is the sixth article in my series Top Ed-Tech Trends of 2015From The Wall Street Journal in June, “Daphne Koller on the Future of Online Education”:“If you put an instructor to sleep 300 years ago...
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Top Ed-Tech Trends of 2015: The Compulsion for Data
This is the seventh article in my series Top Ed-Tech Trends of 2015Competing Narratives Surrounding Education Data“Data” – its collection, analysis, monetization, and usage – might just be one of the...
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Education PoliticsMore news about the new ESEA keep coming out, now that folks have actually read the bill: “New U.S. education law includes ban on abortion funding by school-based health centers.”...
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Top Ed-Tech Trends of 2015: Social Media, Campus Activism, and Free Speech
This is the eighth article in my series Top Ed-Tech Trends of 2015As long as I’ve written these year-in-review stories, starting back in 2010, I’ve noted some of the tensions surrounding social media...
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Top Ed-Tech Trends of 2015: Indie Ed-Tech
This is the ninth article in my series Top Ed-Tech Trends of 2015Here’s what I wrote last year when I chose “the Indie Web” as one of the “Top Ed-Tech Trends of 2014”:This is an aspirational post....
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Top Ed-Tech Trends of 2015: The Business of Ed-Tech
This is the tenth and final article in my series Top Ed-Tech Trends of 2015Who’s Funded/Who’s FundingIn February of this year, Techcrunch, one of the original Silicon Valley-focused tech blogs, looked...
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Education Politics“Clinton: ‘I Wouldn’t Keep Any School Open That Wasn’t Doing A Better Than Average Job.’” No schools in Lake Wobegon will be required to close.“Creationist Sylvia Allen to lead...
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The TrendsThe Politics of Education TechnologyStandardized Testing“The Employability Narrative”Credits and CredentialingThe Collapse of For-Profit Higher Education (Or Not)Beyond the MOOCThe Compulsion...
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Education PoliticsHappy New Year. From US News & World Report: “For technology companies in California, ringing in the New Year will mean adjusting to a new privacy law that limits how they can...
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Education PoliticsArne’s officially out, and John King is now Acting Secretary of Education. (And the for-profit college sector has already reached out to him, no surprise.)The Accrediting Commission...
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Ed-Tech Patents: Prior Art and Learning Theories
If you’ve worked in education technology for any length of time, you know the story: in January 2006, Blackboard was awarded the patent (number 6988138) on the learning management system – or as...
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Education PoliticsPresident Obama delivered his final State of the Union address Tuesday evening. “Education” showed up several times in the speech, including the idea that every students need to learn...
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Education PoliticsRepublican presidential candidate Jeb Bush has released his higher education plan. Among its features: “Bush’s plan would eliminate the federal student loan program in its current...
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Education Politics“U.S. Education Department threatens to sanction states over test opt-outs,” according to The Washington Post.President Obama has released a plan that would ban solitary confinement...
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Top Ed-Tech Trends of 2015: The Business of Ed-Tech
This is the tenth and final article in my series Top Ed-Tech Trends of 2015Who’s Funded/Who’s FundingIn February of this year, Techcrunch, one of the original Silicon Valley-focused tech blogs, looked...
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Hack Education Weekly News
Education Politics“Clinton: ‘I Wouldn’t Keep Any School Open That Wasn’t Doing A Better Than Average Job.’” No schools in Lake Wobegon will be required to close.“Creationist Sylvia Allen to lead...
View ArticleTop Ed-Tech Trends of 2015
The TrendsThe Politics of Education TechnologyStandardized Testing“The Employability Narrative”Credits and CredentialingThe Collapse of For-Profit Higher Education (Or Not)Beyond the MOOCThe Compulsion...
View ArticleHack Education Weekly News
Education PoliticsHappy New Year. From US News & World Report: “For technology companies in California, ringing in the New Year will mean adjusting to a new privacy law that limits how they can...
View ArticleHack Education Weekly News
Education PoliticsArne’s officially out, and John King is now Acting Secretary of Education. (And the for-profit college sector has already reached out to him, no surprise.)The Accrediting Commission...
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Ed-Tech Patents: Prior Art and Learning Theories
If you’ve worked in education technology for any length of time, you know the story: in January 2006, Blackboard was awarded the patent (number 6988138) on the learning management system – or as...
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